Barnim VI. (Pomerania)

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Barnim VI. with his wife Veronika von Hohenzollern, from the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny , 1598.
Gravestone for Barnim VI. in the church of Kenz

Barnim VI. (* around 1365; † September 22, 1405 in Pütnitz near Ribnitz-Damgarten ) was the second son of Wartislaw VI. and from 1394 Duke of Wolgast-Demmin and Greifswald .

After he had initially supported the Hanseatic League , he later openly took part in the pirate war against the city alliance and supported the Vitalienbrüder . He died of the plague in 1405 and was buried in the Kenz church . During renovation work in the church in December 2010, a crypt was discovered that could be the duke's grave. From his marriage to Veronika von Hohenzollern , sister of the later Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg , two sons - Wartislaw IX. and Barnim VII. - as well as a daughter - Elisabeth Abbess of Cammin .

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Individual evidence

  1. Detlef Lübcke: Wooden ruler in old beauty. Ostsee-Zeitung, October 29, 2016, accessed on August 12, 2018 .